“I had asked for a study just north of this location where people had raised concerns that they found it difficult to get out onto the street because there was so much traffic going up and down St. Anne’s,” Mayes told Global News.

“Obviously there’s an issue there. We have to get this study done. We need our traffic engineers to take a look at it.”

Mayes said the city did look at putting a traffic light up near the McDonald’s after a resident raised the issue in 2012, but staff recommended against the idea.

“A lot of people have made that request that there should be a traffic light there,” Mayes explained. “I don’t have the power to unilaterally command that but it is something we should go back and take a look at. I can’t say for sure that a traffic light is the best approach but we really do need to look at this.”